Spare wheel sometimes causes irritation for those drivers who did not have to use it. Even the expression among the people is: "It is necessary, like the fifth wheel of a cart." It occupies a place, it has solid weight, you ride with you every day. Yes, and some manufacturing companies support such thoughts of car owners, sometimes not completing their cars with spare wheels, but applying only a can of sealant and a compressor. Maybe this approach is good in countries with developed road services, but if you imagine the situation that the tire has punched (it’s punched, but did not catch the screw) kilometers more than a hundred kilometers from the city, then the meaning of the famous phrase “Half the kingdom for a horse” is quite applicable to the reserve.
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The history of a spare tire travel in a car
Reserve or dokatka?
Best for our Russian realities when the car is equipped with a full-size spare tire. That is, a tire of a nominal size is mounted on a steel or alloy wheel. Thus, the car owner is “insured” in case of damage not only to the tire, but also to the disk. Many companies apply a spare wheel on a steel disk to a car with alloy wheels. In this case, the tire can be the same as the other four, but there is also a variant with a steel disk of a nominal size and with a tire-doc. In this case, insignificant inscriptions like “Temporary use only” (for temporary use) are applied on the bus. The tread is only a couple of millimeters high and the corresponding speed limit is up to 80 km / h.
The next step in "reducing the quality of life" of the owner of the car is a dock in its purest form. A tire with a slightly outlined tread, a little bit more cyclic in width, is worn on a steel, highly relief stamped disc, often of a larger diameter than the main wheels. Moreover, the outer diameter of such a spare wheel is still noticeably smaller than that of the main wheels of the car. On such a "conditional" spare tire (especially mounted in the front), he himself will not even want to travel faster than 80 km / h. And crossing the tram tracks will be very uncomfortable.
Where to store?
Now we will consider what options for the placement of a spare wheel exist, using specific examples. The story will go, as dialectics teach - from simple to complex. Let's start with the harsh domestic "crooks".
Spare wheel Lada 4x4
Spare wheel Lada 4x4 in any, the most impassable dirt is always at your service, you just have to open the hood. But there is one drawback: to place a wheel of a larger dimension will not work. It should also be noted that it is quite hot under the hood - the tire experiences regular temperature changes, which reduces its durability. Spare wheel Lada 4x4 in any, the most impassable dirt is always at your service, you just have to open the hood. But there is one drawback: to place a wheel of a larger dimension will not work. It should also be noted that it is quite hot under the hood - the tire experiences regular temperature changes, which reduces its durability.
What do they do when tuning the famous VAZ car? That's right, place a spare wheel in the area of the tailgate.
UAZ Patriot
On a UAZ Patriot car, the spare wheel is initially located on the tailgate. It is always available, even if the car is drowned in mud or snow on the rapids. On a UAZ Patriot car, the spare wheel is initially located on the tailgate. It is always available, even if the car is drowned in mud or snow on the rapids.
The spare tire of another respected car with our roots, the Chevrolet Niva, is placed in the same way. A small drawback of this type of placement is the need to lift the wheel onto the bracket, but will this stop real men?
The creators of most pickups and many imported off-road vehicles have a spare tire under the floor - behind the rear axle of the car. The wheel is pulled to the bottom with a chain or cable through a winch.
Spare wheel under the bottom
A typical representative of cars with a reserve under the rear bumper - Great Wall Hover 5 A typical representative of cars with a reserve under the rear bumper - Great Wall Hover 5
Everything seems to be convenient and it is not necessary to raise the reserve high. But imagine that you need to get a spare tire when the car lies on its belly in the mud or in the snow. Dig a dig? So such a scheme is not for the most difficult conditions.
The easiest and most common way to place a spare wheel is to place it in a niche stamped in the floor of the luggage compartment.
The disadvantage of placing a spare wheel in a niche is the need to unload the trunk in order to get a spare wheel. And the dirty dismantled wheel will have to be sent to a clean niche.
Spare wheel
The famous "rogue" Land Rover Discovery also hides the spare tire in the underground of the hold. The famous "rogue" Land Rover Discovery also hides the spare tire in the underground of the hold.
But to the point of absurdity this arrangement of the spare wheel came in a convenient and practical (in all other respects) Nissan X-Trail crossover of the previous generation. The fact is that the luggage compartment is two-level, it has four shelves and a drawer.
